Wesleyan University Orchestra

Wesleyan University Orchestra Fall Concert

Friday, November 22, 2024 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

Free and open to the public

Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff can RSVP on WesNest, but reservations are not required.

The Wesleyan University Orchestra performs under the direction of Nadya Potemkina, Director of Private Lessons and Adjunct Associate Professor of Music and of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. The concert features George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with guest soloist and Private Lessons Teacher Yvonne Troxler on piano.


An integral part of the University’s Music Department, the Wesleyan University Orchestra is an ensemble open to everyone with a passion for orchestral literature and an intermediate-to-advanced skill level of performance on an orchestral instrument, including Wesleyan students, faculty, staff, and community musicians. The Orchestra performs music from all genres and time periods, ranging from 18th-century classics to contemporary academic and popular compositions.